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Full text of "History Of Ancient India"

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Astronomy and Mathematics \expndtw9 were assiduously cultivated; and Aryabhata (born \expndtw3 in 476 A.D.), Varahamihira (505-87 A.D.), and \expndtw-5 Brahmagupta (born in 598 A.D.) made remarkable \expndtw-4 contributions to the development of these branches of \expndtw-3 scientific literature. They appear to have been acquaint\-\expndtw6 ed with Greek astronomy, for their works contain \expndtw-2 many Greek technical names.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat8\ql\li61\fi0\ri0\sb133\sa0 \f2\fs20{\b0\i\cf1\charscalex83\expndtw0\f2\cchs0\lang1033\fs25 Education}\par \pard \plain \cbpat8\qj\li11\fi479\ri2927\sb140\sa0\sl-241\slmult0 \f2\fs20{\b0\i0\cf1\charscalex100\expndtw-1\f2\cchs0\lang1033\fs25 The intellectual output of the age shows that the \expndtw0 system of education, then in vogue, must have been \expndtw-2 sound. _ Unhappily, however, our information on this \expndtw7 topic is disappointingly meagre. According to \expndtw-3 inscriptions, the, teachers were then known as Acaryas \expndtw-4 and Upadhyayas, but sometimes the title of Bhatta was also applied to the learned Brahmans. They were sup\-ported by the grant of villages and the charities of the \expndtw-1 generous public. The religious disciples, called Sisyas \expndtw3 or Brahmacarins, were grouped round Sakhas and \expndtw-5 Caranas, i.e., Vedic schools following a particular recen\-\expndtw-4 sion of any one of the Vedas.\super 1\nosupersub  Among these recensions \expndtw1 the inscriptions mention Maitrayaniya, Taittiiiya, \expndtw-4 Vajasneya, and several others. 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